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- Mouser - Low-noise amplifiers use a 0.18µ SiGeC Bi-CMOS process to achieve high-frequency performance
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- Mouser - Compact general-purpose amplifier suits wide array of applications
- Mouser - Dual nano-power comparator for battery power and wireless handset applications
- Mouser - Tiny illumination-grade emitters are also the first ever 1-step MacAdam Ellipse warm white LEDs
- Mouser - Metallized polypropylene film capacitors are 40% smaller
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Digi-Key
- Digi-key - Microcontroller board is based on the Atmel SAM3X8E ARM Cortex-M3 CPU
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Farnell element14
- Farnell element14 - Development board helps designers with USB applications using the latest MSP430 processors
- Farnell element14 - Power distribution switches for use where heavy capacitive loads and short-circuits may be encountered
- Farnell element14 - Wireless multimeter allows users to take faster readings and improve problem solving time
- Farnell element14 - Highly-integrated 'plug and play' radio transceiver module
- Farnell element14 - Portable analog circuit design kit uses PC to keep costs down
- Farnell element14 - Single-board computer for industrial networking applications
- Farnell element14 - New MOSFETs increases power-density up to 50 percent
- Farnell element14 - New triple-play platform connects Raspberry Pi, Arduino and 32-bit Embedded ARM
- Farnell element14 - Hybrid ICs for use in current-control forward / reverse brushed DC motor driving
- Farnell element14 - High-performance protection devices integrate high-speed transient current suppressors
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RS Components
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- RS - High-performance surface-mount capacitors s decoupling and filtering needs
- RS - Ready-to-use development kit features M24LR04E-R dual-interface EEPROM IC
- RS - Combo connectors save space by combining two ports into one footprint
- RS - Raspberry Pi camera module enables low-cost HD video capture
- RS - Thin-film chip resistors increase stability across a wide range of applications
- RS - Ultra low power non-volatile FPGA family offers four devices with densities from 384 to 7680 LUTs
- RS - Time-saving clamp filters ensure simple and convenient installation
Design Applications
Zuken – Enhanced integration of board designer with advanced system software
Sep 5 2012 - Design Applications [More Design Applications Articles]Zuken, a leader in PCB Systems and IC Package design, has announced enhancements to its integration between Zuken’s Board Designer solution and Agilent Technologies Advanced Design System (ADS) software.
The improved integration between the tools creates a number of benefits, including allowing engineers to easily import net, component and pin names created in Board Designer into ADS, along with other geometries. This simplifies the process of finding target signals to simulate with Agilent’s EM tools, while also slashing the time it would normally take to complete this task.
“Our long collaboration with Zuken has benefitted our mutual customers by allowing our products to work well together. These new improvements make the integration even tighter,” said Todd Cutler, general manager, Agilent EEsof EDA. “Combining the power of Zuken’s PCB design tools with Agilent’s industry-leading high-frequency analysis tools produces a more efficient design flow, resulting in better designs and shorter design cycles.”
Kazuhiro Kariya, chief technology officer, Zuken, said: “For more than 15 years we’ve been working closely with Agilent to deliver high-frequency design and analysis to our mutual customers, and we are pleased to make additional improvements to this solution. This enhanced integration will bring much smoother design and review processes for high-frequency PCB designers worldwide.”
Seamless integration – ADS, Agilent’s electronic design automation software for designing RF, microwave and high-speed digital applications, integrates seamlessly with CR-5000 Board Designer, Zuken’s market-leading solution for PCB and IC package design. The interface allows users to transfer physical routing structures and board material information from Board Designer to ADS. Once in ADS, engineers can use Agilent’s electromagnetic analysis tools, including Momentum and Finite Element Method simulators, to optimize the performance of their high-frequency circuits.
The newly enhanced interface is available with Zuken’s Board Designer version 14, part of the recently-released CR-5000 version 14 and the ADS 2012 release, says the company.
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